BJNL's GENEALOGY

Chris Scarborough's notebook came into my possession via my mother, Elsie [Needham] Burton (1921-2011). Based on what she has written in the notebook (see below ), it was given to her by her cousin, Harriet Emily Scarborough (1899- ), Chris Scarborough's daughter. I have subsequently passed the notebook on to Chris' great granddaughter, Pamela Watson, as it is a document that should be with Chris' direct descendants. Pamela has indicated her intention to pass the notebook on to her brother for his grandson. In discussion with her brother, it has been decided that it should eventually go to his grandson who is both a direct descendant of Chris Scarborough and a descendant who bears the Scarborough name. About Christopher Christopher Scarborough (1870-1948) was born on 6 August 1870 [1] at Long Clawson in Leicestershire. His birth was registered in Melton Mowbray [2] . Census records show that Christopher grew up in Long Clawson [3][4] and, by the age of 21, he was living

It has been a while since I posted here. Let me explain ... Perhaps because I am getting older and more conscious of my mortally, I have been thinking about how best to ensure that my children and future generations have access to all my research. I have spent a lot of time, over many years, researching, analysing, synthesising and documenting information. I don't want relatives to have to duplicate the effort.   So, when I came across the relatively new website We Are.xyz , I saw a great opportunity to build an interactive and collaborative family history archive that I can share with family and progressively add information to. I can also make trusted family members Admins or Editors of the archive to encourage their collaboration as well as ensure it can be preserved for future generations.  As the owner, Simon, explains here , it's not just about building a family history website. We Are.xyz is an interactive family history archive that can be easily shared with family memb